Advising and Registration

Can't find the answer to your question either below or in the FAQs section?  Then click on the button at the left and email your question to Janice Chadwick, the Department Coordinator.

Undergraduate Registration Newsletter

Faculty/Instructor office locations and office hours

I'm a junior or senior. Who is my advisor? Click here to ask Robin Scholefield.

I'm a sophomore. Who is my advisor? Your advisor is Janice Chadwick. Click here if you wish to contact Ms. Chadwick.

I'm a provisional psychology major. Who is my advisor? Click here to contact the University Advising and Career Center.

Advising System

Students who enter the University as psychology majors are considered "provisional majors" and are advised in the University Advising Center until they complete PSYC 401 and 402, at which time they can confirm their major. "Provisional majors" are accorded all the rights and privileges of any psychology major. Undergraduate advising in the department is conducted jointly by the department's academic counselor and the full-time faculty. The academic counselor has primary responsibility for advising confirmed and newly declared freshman and sophomore psychology majors and is the initial contact for all majors in a state of transition (readmitted, transfer, newly declared students, etc.). The academic counselor assists students in all phases of educational planning and decision making, including pre-registration, long-range academic planning, degree and program requirements, and career selection and planning. Junior and senior psychology majors are assigned to a faculty adviser with appropriate consideration for student preferences. The advising relationship with a faculty member is designed to encourage refining career and educational decisions.

Registration

The Psychology Undergraduate Newsletter is published mid-semester each semester and contains the specific times and instructions pertaining to registration for the following semester. Check our latest Newsletter at the link above.  

General Registration Information

Freshman and Sophomore Provisional Psychology Majors:
If you have not yet confirmed your major (delivered your records to Psychology), contact the Advising Center, Hood House, 862-2064 for a registration appointment.

Confirmed Psychology Majors:
1. Sign up for an appointment with your advisor before your registration window opens (see the Undergraduate Newsletter for the registration window dates).
Juniors and Seniors sign up on advisors' doors or come during their office hours, which are posted in Conant 113. Sophomores sign up for appointments on the sign-up sheet in Conant 113.
2. Make tentative course selections to show to your advisor.
3. Pick up your advising file in the Psychology Office (ID required).
4. Bring your course proposals and your advising file to your advisor meeting.
5. After your advisor signs your registration worksheet, bring it to the Psychology Office, Conant 113, for your RAC number and your registration time slot.

CAUTION: Don't wait until the last day to see your advisor! Your RAC number will be given to you only if you have met with your advisor and obtained his/her signature.